“…Finally, 128 articles at the time of writing, none of which were preprints, were analyzed ( S1 Dataset ). The 128 articles comprised a total study population of 127,583 neonates in 30 countries of Africa ( n = 10; Algeria [ 27 ], Egypt [ 28 , 29 ], Ghana [ 30 ], Guinea [ 31 ], Morocco [ 32 , 33 ], Nigeria [ 34 – 37 ], South Africa [ 38 – 45 ], Tanzania [ 46 ], Tunisia [ 47 ], and Zambia [ 48 ]), Asia ( n = 10; Bangladesh [ 34 , 49 ], China [ 50 – 92 ], India [ 34 , 93 – 113 ], Iran [ 114 ], Israel [ 115 ], Japan [ 116 ], Nepal [ 117 ], Pakistan [ 34 , 118 – 122 ], Saudi Arabia [ 123 , 124 ], and Vietnam [ 125 – 128 ]), Europe ( n = 8; France [ 129 ], Greece [ 130 ], Hungary [ 131 ], Italy [ 132 – 142 ], Portugal [ 143 ], Russia [ 144 ], Turkey [ 145 – 147 ], and the United Kingdom [ 148 ]), and South America (Colombia [ 149 – 152 ] and Venezuela [ 153 ]) ( Fig 2 ). Among the ...…”